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Somewhat hypothetical question. If you had $250k to start with. Could you turn that into $5k+ a month? How (generally or specifically) would you do it? Thanks!
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As many of you know, President Trump signed an executive order in August that, in addition to other tasks, required that"The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of CDC shall consider whether any me...
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I know many of you are in the lending business and I know most of you have good ethical practices. I am hoping that what I am about to post is an exception, however I want to bring this to your attention.
In Januar...
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I am getting a bit confused about what capital improvement costs for my real estate portfolio can be immediately expensed vs need to be added to my basis and depreciated over time. I am further confused by the concep...
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Hi Everyone,
Just kind of wanted get everyone's opinion on this. I am putting offers on some of my first houses in Maryland to flip. I just wanted to hear some of advantages and disadvantages to having a general cont...
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Newby recently moved from the Lone Star to Northern Virginia. Want to network with experienced investors in the area. Been to a couple of networking events but still in the dark about where to start. Have the 9-5 but ...
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Hello!I acquired a property in a downtown area in Maine years ago and was naiive to the issues with the note. Long story short: I have cleared the note, and have worked hard to get the building to 11/12 units rented t...
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So I previously wrote this forum post about IF 2.0; https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/80/topics/679...Since that time I have made several updates on that post but I wanted to get another post out with a more accura...
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Hello BP Community,
We are planning on purchasing a duplex to live in one of the units and rent out the other. I mentioned using a FHA loan and only putting down 3 1/2% so we could use the rest of the money we have s...
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I am currently looking at a purchasing a 4 unit Multi-Family to rent out. It has 15 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms and has a rental history of $5600-$5800 a month for all four units. Say I purchase the property for $500,000...